Sad to relate, a school bus struck a bicyclist in Long Beach on Monday, July 28, 2008, presumably during daylight. The bus was traveling west on East Olive Street, which is one-way westbound. The cyclist was traveling north on Monroe Blvd. There may be three stop signs at this intersection. The cyclist died a few days later from his injuries. The newsday.com story is here.
Archive for the ‘Bus’ Category
Monroe Blvd, Long Beach, 7.28.2008
August 1, 2008Hicksville, 10.12.2007
October 13, 2007On Friday afternoon, October 12, 2007, a bus (Route N79, LI Bus or MSBA, an alternate name), traveling south on Newbridge Road, Hicksville, made a right turn onto Old Country Road. A cyclist collided with the bus and was killed. This seems to be the first fatal accident involving LI Bus in Nassau County in 2007. A brief newsday.com report is here.
Northern State Pkwy 5.20.07
May 22, 2007A charter coach bus belonging to Atlantic Express flipped over on the Northern State Parkway, westbound, near Willis Avenue late Sunday, May 20, 2007. Buses of that size are forbidden to use the parkway. This was not a case of a high vehicle hitting an overpass. The bus apparently first swerved to the shoulder, then crossed left to the concrete center barrier, then flipped on the driver’s side. He was crushed to death. Among the puzzling aspects of this crash is that the driver had finished his charter by dropping the Girl Scout passengers in Flatbush. He was supposed to return directly to the bus yard on Staten Island, but hours later was reported to the police by parkway motorists as being an unauthorized vehicle. Newsday carried several stories, including this link.
